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J. M. MARLIN & A. BURGESS.

MAGAZINE FIRE AEM.

Patented Dec. 13, 188-1.

' UNITED STATES PATENT OErIcE.

JOHN M. MARLIN, OF NElV HAVEN, CONNECTICUT, AND ANDREW BURGESS, OF OWEGO, NEW YORK.

MAGAZINE FIRE-ARM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 250,825, dated December 13, 1881.

Application filed November 12, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, JOHN M. 1VIARLIN, of New Haven, in the county of New Haven and State of Connecticut, and ANDREW BUR- GEss, of Owego, county of Tioga, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvementin Magazine Fire-Arms, of which the following is a. specification.

Our invention relates to magazine tire-arms; and it consists in the arrangement, construction, and operation of the cartridge-carrier, hereinafter more fully set forth and described.

In the accompanying drawings,in which similar letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of the frame of an arm having our carrier. Fig. 2 is a plan view of said carrier. Fig. 3 is a section al view of same. Fig. at is a vertical crosssection of frame and carrier on the line it w.

The carrier (Jis fitted in the frame A to rise from the mouth of the magazine and elevate the cartridge by the usual well-known methods; but to prevent the displacement of the cartridge and to control its movements when entering the frame from the magazine M, or rising on the carrier, we construct said carrier with the elevated sides E, Fig. 3, and make'a vertical longitudinal cut through the front end of said carrier, so as to bisect the forward end,

as shown in Fig. 2. The rear end of said carrier we connect loosely, so that the sides of its front end may be opened and closed easily, or make the rear connection, R, of the carrier, or the sides 0, elastic, so that said connection or sides serve to spring open or close its forward end.

When we construct this carrier with loose or yielding connection at the rear it needs no connection or sides elastic it may be opened by the sides springing apart, when'down, to receive the cartridge, and it will be closed when rising, as above described. We, however, prefer to so construct this split carrier that its elastic rear connection or sides, 0, spring the front ends of the carrier inward to hold the cartridge, (we find sufficient elasticity when properly crimped, even without te1npering,) and to part or open the sides of the carrier, when it falls to receive a cartridge from the magazine, we place a stud, S, in the guard strap or frame beneath the carrier to wedge apart the sides, as shown in Figs. 2 and 4.

The stud S may be made with wedge top and vertical sides, so that the carrier may be easily raised away from it, or have side projections to enter grooves inside of the carrier-sides, as shown in Fig. 4, so that it will take greater force to start up the carrier, as the sides must be forced slightly apart to clear the stud, and so prevent said carrier from starting upward before the proper time. A spiral spring may be used, as shown in Fig. 2, equivalent'to the spring sides, to close the carrier.

' In operation this inward-springing carrier is forced down by the closing breech mechanism in the usual manner, which forces the stud S between the sides to open the carrier, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, so the cartridge can freely enter upon it from the magazine; then, when the breech shall be opened and the carrier forced to rise by the ordinary means, its sides will spring together immediately above the stud S and confine the cartridge in the car'- rier between the sides E as it is being raised; but, the spring not pressing strong enough to bearthe sudden stop of the cartridge, when the carrier attains its highest position the sides E are made to strike into the narrowing part of the top of the frame to prevent thecarrier from opening, as shown in dotted lines in Figs. 1 and 4;; but when the cartridge shall be forced partly into the barrel by the closing breech, and the carrier slightly lowered thereby, the sidesE fall below the narrow part of the frame,

so that they are easily forced apart to release I the cartridge by the further movement of the closing breech.

We are aware that carriers with springs attached to the sides have been used, and therefore we do not claim, broadly, such construc tion; but

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by. Letters Patent, is-- 1. In a magazine fire-arm, a carrier connected at its rear, and having a vertical opening or split through its forward part and rigid raised sides, when said sides are opened to admit a cartridge from the magazine, substantially as described, and closed to hold the raised cartridge by the narrowing top of the frame.

2. In a magazine fire-arm, a pivoted split carrier, substantially as described, provided with spring sides having upright projections, which sides open laterally to admit a cartridge between said projections when the carrier is down, or close to hold the cartridge when the carrier rises, in combination with mechanism, substantially as described, operating to open or close the spring-arms, as set forth.

3. In a magazine firearm, a split vibrating carrier provided with a spring to close the car- JOHN M. MARLIN. ANDREW BURGESS.

Witnesses:

JosEPH J. SWEENEY, CARL KRENGEL. 

